A three-member team of the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to arrive in Bangladesh on Sunday to interrogate neo- JMB leader Jahangir Alam alias Rajib Gandhi and Sohel Mahfuz for their involvement in the Burdwan blast incident.
A senior official of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of the DMP, told the Daily Observer the NIA has come across information about the activities of JMB members across India and their links with the Burdwan blast in 2014.
Sohel Mahfuz entered India by the order of Sayekh Abdur Rahman and established a wide network of militant outfit in India, sources said.
After interrogation of the arrested persons involved in Burdwan blast, the NIA has come to the conclusion that at least 120 improvised explosive devices or IEDs were transported to Bangladesh in four batches, they said.
Mahfuz, who played a key role in organising banned terror outfit JMB both in Bangladesh and India's West Bengal, was a most wanted militant in both the countries. Known as Nasrullah in the Indian militant circle, he is said to be the Ameer of West Bengal unit of JMB.
On October 2, 2014, two suspected Indian terrorists were killed and another was injured in an explosion at a house in Khagragarh locality of Burdwan district of West Bengal. Indian investigators suspect the militant organization JMB was linked to the incident. He was known there as Nasirullah and has a Rs10 lakh bounty on his head.
The two main suspects Sheikh Kausar and Yusuf, who are on the run, are reportedly Bangladeshi nationals with wide contacts in that country. India has also sought details from Bangladesh about the interrogation report of two alleged JMB militants Asif Adnan, 26, and Fazle Elahi Tanjil, 24, who were arrested from Segunbagicha in the capital.
"Considering all these facts, it is necessary for the investigators to visit Bangladesh sooner than later," a source said. India will also handover a dossier to the Bangladesh government for preventive steps and necessary action which has to be taken by Dhaka to counter the threat posed by JMB, sources added.
A senior CTTC unit official told this correspondent Rajib Gandhi had been placed on a six-day remand on Monday in a case filed against him under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Sohel Mahfuz alias 'Haatkata' Mahfuz, who was captured by the police on July 8 in Chapainawabganj, is known to not only Bangladeshi but also Indian authorities as a top terrorist capable of terrible misdeeds.
Sohel Mahfuz alias Nasrullah is said to be the Ameer of West Bengal unit of JMB , Sohel Mahfuz planned the Gulshan attack with its leaders Tamim Chowdhury and his relative Nurul Islam Marjan. Sohel Mahfuz supplied the arms which were used in Holey Artisan Café attack.
